Historic and contemporary maps of Africa, including political and physical maps, pre-colonial and colonial maps, climate maps, relief maps, population density and distribution maps, vegetation maps, and economic/resource maps.

Pre-Colonial Africa,
1883
A map of Africa showing the continent prior to the Berlin Conference of 1885, when the most powerful countries in Europe at the time convened to make their territorial claims on Africa and establish their colonial borders at the start of the New Impe...

Africa before the Berlin Conference,
1884
This is an interesting map of Africa showing the continent before the Berlin Conference of 1885, when the most powerful countries in Europe at the time convened to make their territorial claims on Africa and establish their colonial borders at the st...

Mountain Systems of Africa,
1885
An orographic relief map of Africa showing the major mountain systems and highlands of the African continent, including the Atlas Mountains, Plateau of Abyssinia, Kong Mountains, and Cameroon Mountains. This map also shows the major river systems....

Pre-Colonial Africa,
1885
A map of the African continent prior to the Berlin Conference of 1885, when the most powerful countries in Europe at the time convened to make their territorial claims on Africa and establish their colonial borders at the start of the New Imperialism...

Relief Map of Africa,
1890
A relief map from 1890 of Africa showing the major mountain, desert, river, and lake systems on the continent. "The whole continent is a moderately–elevated plateau surrounded of all sides by marginal mountains which either slope abruptly ...

Orographic Chart of Africa,
1891
An outline map showing the various mountain features and plains on the African continent. The map has reference numbers to the prominent features, and includes the inland drainage basin of Lake Tchad....

Congo State,
1893
Map showing the location of the Congo State within the African continent, with the equator and Congo River indicated. The Congo State, controlled by Leopold II of Belgium, was established in 1885 as a corporate state similar to the British East India...

Relief Map of Africa,
1897
Relief map of Africa showing the major river, lake, and mountain systems on the continent. Also shown are surrounding waters, island groups, and the latitudes of the Equator, Tropic of Cancer, and Tropic of Capricorn....

Colonial Africa,
1897
Map of Africa in 1897 showing the European land claims established by the Berlin Conference of 1885. This map also shows major cities and towns, mountain regions, deserts, and river systems....

Africa,
1897
Map of Africa in 1897 showing European colonial possessions and spheres of influence, and the independent territories at the time. The map is color–coded to show the areas controlled by the British, French, German, Turkish, Italian, Portuguese,...